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January 2016

January 11, 2016

David Bowie’s fascination with Tibet and Buddhism

With the very sad passing of the great David Bowie, tributes have poured in from...

January 08, 2016

What is Buddhist Medicine?

By Pierce Salguero Recently, I invited my Facebook friends to submit questions on the topic...

January 01, 2016

Mindfulness: the single most impactful aspect of Buddhism in America

In an intriguing recent lecture, scholar of Western Buddhism Jeff Wilson makes the claim that...

December 2015

December 17, 2015

Buddha in the Classroom: A little Zen for the Workplace

Subtitled: “Zen Wisdom to Inspire Teachers,” this is a book filled with much more than just...

November 2015

November 16, 2015

The Dalai Lama responds to the Paris attacks

As reported in the Hindustan Times, the Dalai Lama's response to the recent attacks in...

August 2015

August 30, 2015

Top 5 Reasons to Study Buddhism

As college classes start up this time of year, many people will find themselves debating...

August 29, 2015

Life shifts and karmic momentum

Or, "On submitting a PhD thesis, and going back to school." This week I saw,...

July 2015

July 09, 2015

Buddhist monastery serves meals to fasting Muslims in Ramadan

Agence France-Presse reported today that Dharmarajika, a Buddhist monastery in the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka,...

June 2015

June 26, 2015

Pope Francis “Beaming” as he leaves meeting with American Buddhist leaders

In a meeting hosted by the Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue and the United States...

April 2015

April 13, 2015

Dan Harris on mindfulness, meditation, and Buddhism

While mindfulness and meditation have taken off in the popular media in the last couple...

March 2015

March 09, 2015

Responding to Pat Robertson’s comment that a Christian could ‘get infected by’ Buddhism [Video]

Today Pat Robertson, on his well-known Christian Broadcasting Network show The 700 Club, told a viewer who...

February 2015

February 27, 2015

Mapping Buddhism in America

Just over a year ago, in "Buddhism dominates Western States behind Christianity," I wrote about the...

February 17, 2015

“Why am I here?” – an interview with Zen priest and interfaith dialogue participant, Rev. Dr. David Zuniga

Last week I caught wind of an event with a very intriguing title "Why Am...

January 2015

January 23, 2015

Meditate and Relate, TransBuddhist Google Hangout

The following is an announcement from the TransBuddhist Online Sangha: For trans and gender non-conforming...

January 10, 2015

“Some wish for peace, I make it happen” – a guest post by Bhikkhu Subhuti on Bringing Buddhists and Muslims together in Burma/Myanmar

I just got back from inviting 2 Muslims to serve at the head of the...

November 2014

November 23, 2014

Superscholar.org introduces an Infographic on Eastern Philosophy

Hmm... I almost put up scare quotes around 'Eastern Philosophy' - but then I thought...

October 2014

October 25, 2014

Buddhism and the Environment in China: PBS Religion and Ethics Newsweekly

PBS takes us to China this week, where the increasing signs of environmental degradation are...

September 2014

September 29, 2014

Ajahn Brahm’s Gender Equality in Buddhism petition nears 5000 signatures

As per a request on twitter, I'm reposting this with the hopes of driving the...

September 17, 2014

Notes on teaching Buddhist philosophy

I'm teaching Buddhist philosophy in Bodhgaya, India at the moment, so much of my blogging-life...

July 2014

July 30, 2014

Buddhist abbot Ajahn Brahm says that it is ‘Unacceptable’ that religion has been so cruel to LGBTIQs

Before a large audience in Singapore in June, the outspoken Theravadin Buddhist monk cited the...

July 20, 2014

Korean nuns rap the Heart Sutra

From the HuffingtonPost: More than 300 nuns and monks convened in a Seoul temple on...

June 2014

June 26, 2014

Petition created for the United Nations Day of Vesak (UNDV) to allow Ajahn Brahm’s gender equality paper in 2015

Last month, Ajahn Brahm, one of the world's best known Theravadin monks, was scheduled to...

May 2014

May 08, 2014

Dhammananda Bhikkhuni and Thailand’s “secret” Buddhist Nuns

Danny Fisher has already shared this short documentary looking inside Thailand's only all-female monastery but I...

May 04, 2014

Dalai Lama Awakening, a Q&A with Director Khashyar Darvich

Last night I attended a cozy screening of "Dalai Lama Awakening", an extended director's cut...

May 03, 2014

Buddhism and Modern Psychology : week five, looking at meditation

Following the trend from the last couple weeks, I'm once again behind on notes (in...

April 2014

April 20, 2014

Buddhism and Modern Psychology : week four – “What is the *you*, anyway?”

I have slipped a bit further behind this week, I'm afraid, and with some upcoming...

April 11, 2014

Coursera’s Buddhism and Modern Psychology : week three

I'm a bit later than usual posting on week 3 (week 4 lectures have just...

April 03, 2014

Buddhism is a Religion: a guest post by Dr. David Brazier, Dharmavidya

Editor's note: It is a great honour to introduce this essay by Dharmavidya, Dr. David...

March 2014

March 27, 2014

Stephen Batchelor and Ven Brahmali debate in Melbourne 2014 – Pick your winner

You can now watch this debate between the famous "Secular Buddhist" Stephen Batchelor and Ajahn...

March 21, 2014

Coursera’s Buddhism and Modern Psychology : week one

Buddhism and Modern Psychology, a free Massive Open Online Course (MOOC), started yesterday. So far it...

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